WWW-Wednesday #September 28th
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall TBR List
“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Book Review: The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
“I’ve heard believers speak of the coldness of science and the warmth of their faith. But my life has been warm too, and I have faith. Faith in love, and faith in the inherent beauty of a world that formed itself.”
― Alexandra Oliva, The Last One
From Africa with Love: African Literature
Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer’s paradise, a hunter’s Valhalla, an escapist’s Utopia. It is what you will, and it withstands all interpretations. It is the last vestige of a dead world or the cradle of a shiny new one. To a lot of people, as to myself, it is just ‘home.”
Book Review: The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
“If you wanted to know shit about a woman, all you had to do was ask the woman who was pretending to be her friend.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Kept Woman
Friday Finds #September 23rd
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron
Diversity Spotlight Thursday# September 22
“It is never too late to give up your prejudices”
― Henry David Thoreau
